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Learning from Six Philosophers, 1.

In these two volumes Jonathan Bennett engages with the thought of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. While not neglecting the historical setting of each, his chief focus is on the words they wrote. What problem is being tackled? How exa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2001.
Colección:Learning from Six Philosophers (2 Volumes)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • VOLUME 1; Contents; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: CARTESIAN AND ARISTOTELIAN PHYSICS; CHAPTER 2: MATTER AND SPACE; CHAPTER 3: DESCARTES'S PHYSICS; CHAPTER 4: DESCARTES'S DUALISMS; CHAPTER 5: DESCARTES ON CAUSATION; CHAPTER 6: PREPARING TO APPROACH SPINOZA; CHAPTER 7: ONE EXTENDED SUBSTANCE; CHAPTER 8: EXPLAINING THE PARALLELISM; CHAPTER 9: EXPLANATORY RATIONALISM; CHAPTER 10: SPINOZA ON BELIEF AND ERROR; CHAPTER 11: DESIRE IN DESCARTES AND SPINOZA; CHAPTER 12: LEIBNIZ ARRIVES AT MONADS; CHAPTER 13: CAUSATION AND PERCEPTION IN LEIBNIZ; CHAPTER 14: LEIBNIZ'S PHYSICS.
  • CHAPTER 15: HARMONYCHAPTER 16: ANIMALS THAT THINK; CHAPTER 17: LEIBNIZ'S CONTAINED-PREDICATE DOCTRINE; CHAPTER 18: LEIBNIZ AND RELATIONS; CHAPTER 19: DESCARTES'S SEARCH FOR SECURITY; CHAPTER 20: DESCARTES'S STABILITY PROJECT; Bibliography; Index of Persons; Index of Subjects.